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Professor
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It wasn't a secret. Before futurama was showing Matt was boasting of the fact they were gonna make Alien languages and put them in the show for people to decode.
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Teral
Helpy McHelphelp
DOOP Secretary
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And since it was a simple replacement code people broke it the same night SP3k aired. So they made AL2 and pretty much told people "try this 'un!".
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Teral
Helpy McHelphelp
DOOP Secretary
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Col. Klink
Professor
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But AL2 didn't come in till season 2 tho, right?
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Teral
Helpy McHelphelp
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Yep, "Lesser Of Two Evils" might be the first sighting.
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Teral
Helpy McHelphelp
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Nope, plenty of AL1 in the other seasons as well, they just started using AL2 from "ACV on onwrds.
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Teral
Helpy McHelphelp
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My mistake. I was thinking of this shot but it turns out it's AL1 after all. Hey, even "experts" makes mistakes once in a while.
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Eclipsed Moon
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AL2 never even had anything good. There was the secret message to open it up in "A Bicyclops Buit For Two", the "Rosetta Stone" in "The Day The Earth Stood Stupid", and I don't remember too many others. The Space Pope has a message in English and AL2 (actually, I suppose that would make it an easier "Rosetta Stone" ), and then there's an internet connection that says "AOL", which really isn't funny at all. The one message I haven't bothered decoding is in "A Taste of Freedom".
And the link provided by Teral, I realize I actually came here a long time ago, because I remember the "I'm really David X. Cohen" line.
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Teral
Helpy McHelphelp
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Originally posted by boognish: What I want to know is if only 5 symbols were given (Slurm, right? or was it drink? five letters either way I suppose) how did someone crack it after the very first episode? Wouldn't you have to have seen every symbol in the alphabet to have known what it would look like? I mean, I could understand them catching that those five alien letters spelled Slurm, but Cohen made it out like they deciphered the whole language from those 5 letters, and I just don't see how that's possible. There were 3 messages in AL1 in the opening sequence: one saying Rent A Human, one saying 3d rules and finally one saying Tasty Human Burgers. SP3k had the drink in "Drink Slurm". Based on those 5 letters, and with the knowledge that the code was a simple substitution code, the 3 ads in the opening sequence were decode using a bit of logic guesing. Finally they decoded the Venusians Go Home sign as a final confirmatin that the code were correct.
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Futurama Nerd
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Sorry if this is offtopic,but does anyone know what it says in AL1 in the beggining of Futurama Disc 1,3rd season?
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Teral
Helpy McHelphelp
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It says: "This program has been modified from its original version. It has been formatted to fit your pathetic 21st century human-made non-interactive television that only broadcasts in two senses and doesn't even look back at you except in Utah."
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Teral
Helpy McHelphelp
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Originally posted by Benderboy123: I still want to know how you guys solved it Originally posted by Teral a few posts above: There were 3 messages in AL1 in the opening sequence: one saying Rent A Human, one saying 3d rules and finally one saying Tasty Human Burgers. SP3k had the drink in "Drink Slurm". Based on those 5 letters, and with the knowledge that the code was a simple substitution code, the 3 ads in the opening sequence were decode using a bit of logic guesing. Finally they decoded the Venusians Go Home sign as a final confirmatin that the code were correct.
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